The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-02

presence? Who has not seen the profened
| {ips become palsied as n respected person join,
! ed himself 10 the company or even passed
| bye The robher or murderer does not iurE IN inc
| shadow Of the church for his prey. The pres
cnce OF such 81 building Is too sacred for sucfl
an evil to thrive near 1t. AS in the natural
world there are forces unseen. but felt. that
draw each In its own proper direction;
So in the mental and moral world there
are forces that draw that, on which 1t Is heir
province to act In it's own legitimate dtrec-
lion. Gravitation draws towards the centre,
magnetism 10 the pols-the educated mind
draws upwards.
Wher issues of importance are. to be
dealt with, the educated mind is firm
amid dangers, surveys the surroundihgs,
Keeps to its moorings while the tide Is low,
but rides out on its flow. 1t inspires confl-
dence in the hours OF trouble, imparts strength
in the midst OF trial, and kindles stars of hope
even in the armament OF doubt. The educa-
ted mind is not only influential within q com,
broader field In which the educated mind
eXertS itself. How many of us know In whal
age, in what century Euclid was born; and
yet what thousands on thousands that mind
has drilled? 1t matters not what was the pur-
pose in writing. Bnnyan wrote to Tighten The
hours Of his Imprisonment but the nations OF
earth have read, admired, ana many nave
been converted by what he said. The mis-
Sionary of the cross goes into India and with
a tongue unskilled i'm the strange language,
announces the doctrine Of the true faith. a
ray al llGnt from tnlS nlpnPT InlIlu ltllS Ou
another mind. and then another, and so
on from one stammcring tongue, the lonely
man, starts ripple that Will not be broken
until 1t touches the coast of heaven Spur
geon and Talmage are seen going into this
street and out Of yon one, attending to the
spiritual wants of their thousands OF parish
innerS with apparently no time for aught
else; but on Sabbath mornings there come
from these well stored and disciplined minds
words that not only thrill those that hear. but
which are read the following week In thou
sands OF homes. Can anything but eternity
measure such influence? OF all such II Will
one day be said us it has been of Fox:
Their lives did not end when they yielded
their breath,
Their glory illumincs the sadness of the
grave"
These are only examples of a thousand cen.
tres from which educated, public minds are
b'azing as stars In the mental armament.
The sun pours his light on the moon Her
own strange and deep mountain gorges are
lighted up She IN turn rours 1t down on the
earth, and all our landscapes are illumined In
glory OF shadowed light. What are the great
minds to which reference has been made but
suns In the mental and moral world? Each
ute OF all, disrerscs It all around. bringing out
q star here and yOrdcr. until the whole arch
of all the nations lines is mirrowei In the
history Of legislator and juriSt, In book AMI
periodical, in clergyman and layman! III,
then, the eluca,e mind is so diffusive, so pro-
fusirc, so improving, and withal so peculiar
ly The individuals own fortune, which no
goodwill can bcstow, gold cannot buy! and of
which nothing can deprive the owner, not
loss of limb. not loss Of health, or sight or
any sense, what should we not sacrifice to at
tain itc Why such differences among men ?
Webster and Gladstone shape the policy of
nations, while others not less endowed by ma
ture move not Il township. II is not In the
sinew, not in the bone. it is in the cultivated
brain, not In the brain as so many ounces OF
matter, but in the cultivated and trained
source of thought.
"Within the brains most secret cells
4 certain Lord. chief Justice dwellS
or sovereign power. whom Que and all,
With common voice we reason CALL"